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When Navyn Salem received a letter Wednesday terminating the federal government’s contract with her Rhode Island company Edesia, she halted its production line, which makes a life-saving paste for severely malnourished babies. A day later she received an email, just a few short sentences, rescinding the contract’s termination. The reversal failed to put her mind
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European allies were quick to stand up for Ukraine after President Trump and Vice President JD Vance openly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a sharply contentious Oval Office meeting Friday. Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian team were told to leave the White House earlier than planned Friday and an important minerals agreement went unsigned, a
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The signing of a key minerals agreement with Ukraine and a scheduled news conference Friday by President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were abruptly canceled and the Ukrainian leader’s visit cut short after an Oval Office meeting that included Vice President JD Vance descended into insults and chaos. Afterward, the Ukrainians left the Oval
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended a longstanding transparency rule on Friday, supercharging his authority to change policies in areas ranging from Medicaid to the National Institutes of Health without advance notice to the public. Dubbed the “Richardson Waiver” after the former health secretary who issued the rule in 1971, the
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Social Security Administration workers are warning that the Trump administration’s plan to significantly shrink the agency could cause chaos and hinder their ability to provide service to the millions of retirees, disabled people and other Americans who rely on the program. The SSA’s restructuring comes after President Trump vowed on the campaign trail not to
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During a news conference with President Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday that his country is ready to put “boots on the ground” in Ukraine as he and Mr. Trump said they had a “very good and productive visit.” Mr. Trump called Starmer a “very tough negotiator.” Starmer, for his part, called his
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Washington — Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s joint address to Congress next week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday. “Nothing short of a rising star in our party — she’s dedicated her life to our country,” Schumer said in a post on X announcing the move.
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Several female athletes who stood next to President Trump three weeks ago to celebrate an executive order banning transgender participation in women’s sports were not invited to a White House event Thursday for a briefing on women’s sports after they criticized the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s new policy, sources told CBS News. Among those who
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Washington — A Senate committee voted to advance former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination to lead the Labor Department under President Trump on Thursday with the help of a trio of Democrats. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 14 to 9 on Thursday to advance Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for a vote in
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The U.S. will begin removing transgender troops from the military within 30 days unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military
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